Participation Awards Coming to the Olympics?

Simone Biles is arguably the greatest gymnast of her era. And so in a world utterly unhinged from any objective anchor of truth but what one determines for themselves to be truth, we have just the latest iteration of the consequences of Divine rebellion. 

"In an effort to deter other gymnasts from trying skills they are not physically capable of doing, the International Gymnastics Federation watered down the value of a new element Biles plans to do at the world championships. That’s right. Penalize the reigning world and Olympic champion who is almost cautious when it comes to adding difficulty, for the potential recklessness of others." (USA Today)

As a former gymnast let me put this in simpler terms. In any "routine" which consists of individual movements  you are scored not only on the success of how you complete the movements of your routine, but also on the "difficulty" of each particular movement in the routine.  Meaning two competitors could complete their routines with an identical performance score but one competitor's routine consisted of a move or moves which were scored at a greater difficulty. So if one had a double twisting, double somersault in an otherwise identical routine as their competitor who only had a double twisting, single somersault, the greater difficulty routine would prevail. It's that simple and logical. 

Simone Biles is far and away better than the rest so the Olympic Federation wants to essentially penalize the superior athlete for being too good. What is at work here originates at the heart of Divine rebellion. God is the One who defines right and wrong, truth and falsehood, light and dark good and evil. The Scriptures tell us that all things hold together only because there is a loving Creator who, as the writer of Hebrews states, "...upholds all things by the word of His power...."  (Hebrews 1:3) Mankind can ignore God's ownership, rule and authority over all things but they do so to their peril. The apostle Paul explains that the consequence of usurping Divine authority and rule over all things comes at a deadly price. 

"Therefore [because of the world's rejection of God's ultimate Kingship] God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen."  (Romans 1:24-25)

In short--God says, "You wanna do it YOUR way be my guest but it won't be pretty." By the way, this was THE sin in the Garden of Eden. God said one thing, Adam and Eve became their own authority dismissing God's rightful place.  It has been chaos ever since. And it impacts EVERY aspect of life.  

So what's next?  Maybe participation awards will become the next step for the world of competition. Crazy as that sounds today, imagine transgendered males competing against female champions. In some warped sense of "fairness" participation awards may be the next fruit of Divine rebellion.

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap."  (Galatians 6:7)